Contexts at Leiston Abbey

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Short Description:
Deposit - earthwork
Issued to
Raksha Dave | 11/07/2013
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Interpretation

    • Upcast from ditch/channel made into bank on west side of channel. Chalk layer within the bank
      • Raksha Dave
    • 12-7-2013
    • Mid yellow brown sandy clay with chalk fragments and occasional sub-angular chalk pebbles. Excavated in Slot 1.
      • Kezia Evans
    • 5-12-2014

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Description

  • Firm
  • mid yellow-brown with white flecks
  • Sandy clay
  • Occasional large chalk pebbles, occasional charcoal, occasional flint sub-angular pebbles
  • width: 2.00 length: 3.90+ depth: 0.20
  • Not fully excavated. Dug in slot 1, half sectioned.
  • Mattock, trowel, shovel. Hot and dry, sometimes overcast

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: LA_108
    • Bank feature

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